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Orange Cote d’Ivoire, long term partner of solutions provider Sicap, has extended its Orange Money offer with the deployment of sicap and Wincor Nixdorf Easy Cash ATMs solution. The sicap Easy Cash ATMs improve the interface between virtual cash and real money, and provide a 24/7 self-service opportunity. Sicap and Wincor Nixdorf Easy Cash ATMs were unveiled and are in place at Five Orange shops. During the coming months, Orange will install more ATMs with the help of local product support from Wincor Nixdorf.

Axis Bank has chosen FICO “Blaze Advisor” business rules management system to manage processing of all retail loans and for customer management on its credit card portfolio. Now Axis Bank can establish a common decision platform among different business units and credit lifecycle stages based on FICO’s decision management technology. The “Blaze Advisor” also lets the bank decrease its turnaround time for deploying new scorecards and decision strategies and improve consistency and scalability in its business processes across its different region with a common, central platform for managing analytics and strategies and enabling quick deployment of new strategies and analytic models. Moreover, because Blaze Advisor is designed to allow business users to create and modify rules without relying on IT support, it will accelerate time to market for business decisions.

Experian has completed the acquisition of 192business Limited online identity verification services. With this, 192business will form part of Experian’s Decision Analytics business line, enhancing the range of identity verification and fraud prevention services Experian is able to offer. It also provides a platform that Experian can use to deploy new services globally. The services 192business provides are used by many of its customers internationally and can be rapidly extended to new geographies. 192business furnishes information on personal data verification, fraud screening, online document verification and voice verification.

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The successful launch of Etisalat’s mobile money and NFC solutions across multiple affiliates in Asia, Africa and the Middle East reinforces its position as a true global player in the mobile payments arena and supports its global ambition to be an innovation and market leader. The decade long partnership with Oberthur…

G-Xchange is partnering American Express, allowing its Globe GCASH mobile wallet customers to buy smartphone apps, music, movies, and games and shop for electronics, toys, apparel, and many other goods from online sites that accept American Express. This will ensure a shopping and deals through GCASH, which can then be delivered from the US or UK.

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was up in February and now stands at 70.8 (1985=100), up from 61.5 in January. This was because consumers assessment of current conditions was more favorable in February, as those claiming business conditions are “good” increased slightly to 13.3% from 13.2%, while those claiming business…

First Data launched its “Offerwise” open platform to simplify the offer redemption process for consumers and merchants as a part of First Data’s vision to deliver universal commerce. The First Data OfferWise solution allows offer publishers to electronically attach offers such as deals, eCoupons and loyalty programs to one or more of a consumer’s payment cards or mobile wallet to enable streamlined and automatic redemption of the offer at the point of sale (POS). First Data is currently piloting its OfferWise solution with dozens of merchants and it will be made available to its more than four million U.S. merchant locations.The OfferWise solution can link offers to any type of payment card including all major credit association brands, PIN or signature debit. Offers are redeemed in real time at the merchant’s POS with immediate feedback provided through the payment terminal or smartphone.

MasterCard outlined its vision on how to reach the next billion consumers through mobile innovation and partnerships. MasterCard and mobile partners Comviva, Intel, iZettle, Santander and Turkcell intend to reach the next billion consumers through a mobile channel with collaboration and innovation in a collective effort. This comes on the heels of unveiling of “Wanda” joint venture with Telefónica to provide mobile payment solutions to over 87 million Movistar customers in its Latin American markets.

eProcessing Network payment gateway launched its “ePNMobile Pro” Encrypted Audio Jack Reader processing solution for the latest in smart phone technologies to small and mid-sized merchants. This allows merchants to use their own mobile device to securely process any form of accepted electronic payment from virtually any location. ePN’s mobile device offers MagStripe reading through bi-directional card swiping capabilities, allowing merchants to qualify for swiped rates and lower their costs. This is combined with the enhanced features of the ePN Gateway and easy-to-download Mobile Apps.